We made it through another jam-packed week of D'umpian idiocy, incompetence and horror but we're still here! Thankfully, the amazing Marcy Wheeler steps away, momentarily, from emptywheel.net to join me each week at this time to recap and try to explain some of the madness happening in the world.

And there's a lot of it to cover today, from SCOTUS on tariffs and El Dumpo's reaction to their opinion, to his vengeance on Minnesota. Plus Epstein files massive coverup, waging war on Iran, taking over the media, Hegseth & Noem stupidity, his attempt to take over our elections and more... 

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As I read the news, I shake my head because nothing makes sense. This is not new, but it is constant. I can share what I'm reading, even express my outrage that it's come to this- but it all comes back to Opposite World, where things would make sense if they were the exact opposite of what they are. But they're not. My old friend John Fugelsang has that gift of being able to find the humorous take on the tragedy that assaults us every day. I'm grateful that he puts that gift to good use, and he's doing it here for a while today!

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Or not! I didn't watch even a minute of the orange tinged lie-fest last night. You shouldn't be surprised, I didn't say was going to watch it yesterday. And frankly, unless I had heard from a reliable source that the dump was going to ... no, I take it back. There's nothing that could have convinced to to watch the shit show that was happening before a joint session of Congress last night. From what little I read about it, it was everything I thought it would be. A non-stop litany of lies. And the idiotic Republicans how allow him to get away with these high crimes on a daily basis did nothing but applaud his heinous acts and allow him to keep getting away with the biggest theft of the nation's resources in history. I''m excited that Bob Cesca is joining us today. I first met Bob more years ago than I can remember, but we drifted apart in thi vast interwebs. I thought it was time for a meeting of the minds again... so join us for that. The Nicole Sandler Show is live weekdays from 3-4pm Eastern/noon-1 Pacific and then available to watch any time at your convenience. We have no paywall, but this show is listener supported, so please help us out if you're able to. Get more info and today's show notes & news notes at nicolesandler.com, where you can also make a contribution to support this program. And please subscribe to nicolesandler.substack.com to get it all delivered to your inbox.

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Tonight's the State of the Union. I used to look forward to it. Now I simply dread it. One of the lead stories today proclaims today being the 4th anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Dump continues lying, but we no longer have the Washington Post, or any other "news" entity keeping a running count of them. Maybe someone will tonight? The military buildup continues around Iran. I hope Taco D'ump intervenes. There's so much more to discuss today so we will... no guest today, just us radical Democratic leftists (sorry, I can't bring myself to use "Democrat" as they do, even in jest...)

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Whether we like it or not, Mondays keep coming. And despite some wins, we still have that orange pile of shit lying about everything, and a so-called news media that won't date contradict him as he continues spewing his lies. Tomorrow night, he'll deliver his State of the Union address where he'll continue to lie. He made that clear when he spoke this morning and lied about everything from his margin of victory in '24 (no, he did NOT win by a landslide), to the fact that he DOES have to go to Congress to get approval of tariffs (he said he didn't). And he said he'll lie tomorrow night too.

There's lots more on top of that. Thankfully, Jonathan Larsen will be here from TheFuckingNews.substack.com to help me wade through the mountain of much he spews.

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We've been waiting for this decision from the Supreme Extreme Court for months now, and thankfully, three of the usual INjustices decided to follow the constitution this time and ruled against the orange liar-in-chief! Ding Dong, Trump's Tariffs are dead. That's where Marcy Wheeler and I started today on our weekly get-together to discuss much of what happened since we spoke last Friday. And we continued from there... Find Marcy Wheeler at emptywheel.net, and here each Friday!

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Alex Lawson has been executive director of Social Security Works for longer than the 16+ years that I've known him, fighting to save and expand Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and speaking truth to power everywhere to everyone. Today he joined me for the whole hour and brought it, including our plans for the People's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Feb 24, while the orange liar-in-chief spews his lies to whomever will listen to him.

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The questions are never-ending. I'll just have to figure out which ones to ask Chris Geidner, who covers all things court and law related at lawdork.com, as he returns to the show today.. Already today, Chris told us that in cases brought by the NEA and AFT, there are now final court orders: Last year's anti-DEI "Dear Colleague" letter is vacated and unenforceable. DOJ/DOE gave up the fight, dismissing the appeal and case in the Fourth Circuit and subsequently dismissing the the second case with a stipulation. And yesterday, a Bush-appointed judge in PA ruled against the administration about removing a display about slavery, as the idiot in charge wants to rewrite history. And lots more...

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I'm back today but barely... Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year - the start of the Year of the Horse. It's also Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. I didn't sleep last night and had to be up early today for a CT scan... and my guest fell through. This should be fun

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We've reached another Friday, so that means that Marcy Wheeler takes a quick break from emptywheel.net to join us to discuss much of what happened this week and, as usual, there was a lot. And because it all centers around the shit that the orange blob has pushed on us, there's a whole lot of bad. But, as Marcy reminds us, so much is in flux... so keep that in mind, as minds are changing, and opening... The more you LEARN.... 

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